Health
Airborne Baloney
The latest fad in cold remedies is full of hot air
Skeptic212 articles archived since 1845
The Sciences
Bowling for God
Is religion good for society? Science's definitive answer: it depends
Space & Physics
Wronger Than Wrong
Not all wrong theories are equal
Evolution
Darwin on the Right
Why Christians and conservatives should accept evolution
The Sciences
Fake, Mistake, Replicate
A court of law may determine the meaning of replication in science
The Sciences
Folk Science
Why our intuitions about how the world works are often wrong
Mind & Brain
The Political Brain
A recent brain-imaging study shows that our political predilections are a product of unconscious confirmation bias
The Sciences
The Flipping Point
How the evidence for anthropogenic global warming has converged to cause this environmental skeptic to make a cognitive flip
Technology
SHAM Scam
The Self-Help and Actualization Movement has become an $8.5-billion-a-year business. Does it work?
The Sciences
As Luck Would Have It
Are some people really luckier than others, or is it all in their heads? Both
The Sciences
Cures and Cons
Natural scams "he" doesn't want you to know about
The Sciences
It's Dogged as Does It
Retracing Darwin's footsteps in the Gal¿pagos shatters a myth but reveals how revolutions in science actually evolve
The Sciences
Murdercide
Science unravels the myth of suicide bombers
Mind & Brain
Mr. Skeptic Goes to Esalen
Science and spirituality on the California coast
Mind & Brain
Rupert's Resonance
The theory of "morphic resonance" posits that people have a sense of when they are being stared at. What does the research show?
Mind & Brain
Unweaving the Heart
Science only adds to our appreciation for poetic beauty and experiences of emotional depth
The Sciences
Rumsfeld's Wisdom
Where the known meets the unknown is where science begins
Health
Full of Holes
The curious case of acupuncture
Health
Hope Springs Eternal
Can nutritional supplements, biotechnology and nanotechnology help us live forever?
The Sciences
Fahrenheit 2777
9/11 has generated the mother of all conspiracy theories
